A Novelist Is A Person Who Lives

And Though The Newspapers Called The Shooting The Crime Of The Century, Goldman Knew It Was Only 1906 And There Were Ninety-four Years To Go.

Writing A Novel Is Like Driving A Car At Night. Sometimes You Run Over A Drunk Who's Lain Down And Fallen Asleep On The Warm Pavement. I Mean, Do You Keep Going, Or What?

Anyone At Any Age Is Able To Tell The Story Of His Or Her Life With Authority.

A New Reader Shouldn't Be Able To Find You In Your Work, Though Someone Who's Read More May Begin To.

The Theory Of The Teacher With All These Immigrant Kids Was That If You Spoke English Loudly Enough They Would Eventually Understand.